4 Oct
2004
4 Oct
'04
8:02 a.m.
David V. Corbin wrote:
>>>This seems like a pretty decent idea,
actually. With
>>>modern pc hardware you could put it on the pci bus, but a
>>>bootable option rom in it, and probably have that take over
>>>the whole machine from there...
That is why I was thinking about a FPGA type
arrangement that (with some
supporting cirtuitry) could actually plug into the procesor chip. To keep
the internal logic a bit simplier the clock could be divided down a few
stages.
I think it would be more of a PITA than it was worth. A lot of modern
hardware needs a fair old bit of setting up from software.
Maybe a "standard" motherboard to take an FPGA, fitted with a couple of
serial ports, possibly USB ports, and an IDE controller would be a bit
better? It would be fairly easy to implement.
Gordon.